XML Schema Editor: About the Design View
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You can use the Design view to create a new XML schema from scratch by specifying an abstract instance document that the XML tool then uses to generate a valid XML schema to represent XML instance documents. You specify the abstract instance using a structured view that helps you visualize the XML schema. You can also use this view to modify an existing XML schema.
The Design view has the following parts:
- Editor toolbar. The Editor toolbar is located at the top of the view, just below the tab for the XML schema file. In the Design view, this toolbar has three navigation buttons: the Source, Schema, and Design buttons let you switch to those views of the XML schema.
- Schema design area. The top of this area shows the namespace of the XML schema. The area below the namespace contains the structured view of the schema. There are two top-level nodes: Elements and Complex Types.
Schema Design Area
In the schema design area, you can use the following actions:
- Select a schema component by clicking its node. If you select an expanded schema component that has child components, the IDE draws a box around the selected component and its child components.
- You can expand and collapse nodes by clicking the arrow to the left of the node label.
- For schema components with attributes, you can show and hide those attributes by clicking the Show Attributes icon,
, or the Hide Attributes icon, 
, to the right of the component name in the node.
- Select a node, right-click and choose an action from the right-click pop-up menu.
Palette
When the Design view is active, the Palette contains two sections that let you add components to the schema: XML Components and XML Schema Components. See XML Schema Editor: Design View Palette for details.
Design View Tasks
- See Also
- XML Schema Editor: Design View Palette
- About XML Schema Tools
- About the Source Editor
- Navigator Window (XML Schema Tools)
- XML Schema Editor: Navigating Between Views
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